Cheese-cutter.



No. 771,843.3 PATENTED 00T. 11,1904.

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CHARLES G. STRUBLER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE H. PAINE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. j

CHEESE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,843, dated October 11, 1904.

Application filed May 16, 1904. Serial No. 208,229. (N0 modem T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be itI known that I, CHARLES G. STRUBLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese-Cutters, of'which the following is a speciication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. v The invention relates to new and useful improvements in cheese-cutters; and it consists particularly in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as more fully hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, vFigure 1 is a plan of the base of operatinglevers, cheese-plate and cheese being removed, the frame which supports the cheese being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section throughgmy cheese-cutter o n line m in Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a sectional perspective illustrating part of the base of the adjustable fulcrum, the operatinglever for the price adjustment, and a portion of the cheese-plate with a clutch, these parts being detached and in perspective to illustrate the construction of each and to illustrate their manner of going together; and Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the clutch or pawlbox, showing it in connection with a portion of the frame which supports the cheese-plate to illustrate the connection between the two.

A is the base of the machine, which I have shown in shape substantially of a ring-shaped casting, having inwardly-extending flange A' at the top. Upon the rear of this base is the bracket B, in which is journaled the knife-lever B', bearing the knife C for cutting the cheese. Extending transversely across the base is the crossfbar D, in which is secured the pin D, which forms the pivot for the cheeseplate E, upon which rests the cheese F. On the under side of the cheese-plate is a frame F', preferably of metal and preferably of a shape shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, and this frame is provided with a central hub G, apertured to engage over the pin D. The frame F is provided with the marginal iiange G', the

outer face of which is serrated, as shown at a, Figs. Sand 4. This fiange forms, in effect, an annular toothed ring and is on a slightly lower plane than the main body of the frame F.

H and H are two pawl-boxes, which act as clutches, by means of which the operating-levers may rotate or partially rotate the cheeseplate and the cheese thereon. These pawlboxes have formed in them the pawl-chamber Z, in whichare a series of springpawls c, adapted to engage with the teeth a on the ring or flange G.V Each pawl-boxis provided with a cover CZ, which engages over the iiange G and supports the box in position thereon. On the under side of each pawl-box is a pin e, on which is loosely secured the nut It.

J is a lever pivoted on the pin Z, which pin is secured to the block m and slides in the slot n in the cross-bar D.A Secured to the block m is the rod 0, which extends through an aperture in the base and is adapted to be ad- A justed and locked in its adjusted position by meansY of the clamping-screw r. The upper end of the pin Z is secured to the lever J by being headed or upset, as shown in Fig. 2. The lever J is provided with the slotz', with which a nut or squared block /t on the under side of the pawl-box H is adapted to be en# gaged. i

I is a lever journaled on the stationary pin I on the base of the machine. i This lever has the slot t" in its short'arm, with which'the 8O nut or squared block /i on the pawl-boxH is adapted to engage, this part /L being the same as described on the pawl-box H. The lever I extends beyond the edge of the base and is provided with a suitable operating-handle K. It is adapted to be moved over the base between the stationary stop s and the adjustable stop t, secured bya clamp-screw'z. This adjustable stopt is' movable in the segmental slot u in the top of the base, and beside the slot is provided a scale o, having marked therein at proper points the various weights which cheese placed upon the cheese-plate may have. i

The lever J is provided at itsouter end with the handle K and is providedyonfits face with the scale L, indicating prices per pound. In this instance I have shown a scale as running from ten cents to twenty-five cents a pound. The lever J is adapted to be moved between the stationary stop M and the adjustable stop M. The adjustable stop M is movable in a slotO in the top of the base and is adapted to be secured by a suitable clamping-screw O at any point of adjustment. Beside the slot is a scale V, indicating weights of the cheese.

The parts being thus constructed, their operation is as follows: The operator weighs the cheese and then places it upon the cheeseplate, as shown in Fig. 2. He then adjusts the two blocks M and t to .a point opposite the point in their respective scales equal to the weight of the cheese. For instance, I have shown the block M as adjusted to a cheese which would weigh eighteen pounds, while I have shown the block t adjusted to a cheese which would weigh slightly over twenty pounds. When the device is to be used, however, the two adjustable blocks N and t should be adjusted to the same weight indication. The lever K being pivoted von a fixed point, but having a variable movement due to the adjustment of the block t, will vary the throw 'or travel of the cheese-plate according to the distance between the bell-stop s and the block and in practice I prefer to arrange this distance in connection with the scale e, so that 'each throw of the lever K between its two stops for any given weight yof cheese will rotate the cheese in relation to the knife, so as to cut off a quarter of a pound. Of lcourse if the scale e is changed it may be arranged so that each throw of the lever K will move the cheese to cut oil' half a pound or any other desired fraction, so that the lever having a throw for `one-quarter pound, if a customer coming in desires half la pound of cheese the operator simply reciprocates the lever K twice between its iiXed stops and then operates the knife. The cheese :having been previously cut by the knife the operation of the knife will severa piece of cheese which will weigh half a pound. For three-quarters of a pound the lever would be moved three times. Of course with the operation of this lever the storekeeper has *to figu re lthe price ofthe cheese whichhe cuts ofhand in order to save this iiguring 'and to givethe desired weight of cheese for any given price per pound, I employ the lever J. As previously described, the leve-r J h as the scale L, and when the storekeeper has a cheese weighing, say, Aeighteen pounds, which he desires to lsell at ii'fteen cents a pound, he sets the movable 'block M', as shown in Fig. 1, at 18, `and then loosening the'clamping-screw r he moves the rod 0 in or out, which through the block m and the pin Z will adjust the llever J likewise in or out, changing' the relative lengths `of the long and short arms thereof. In this 'case he would adjust the lever J until the scale L has the fifteen-cent mark opposite the setting-mark u on the journal-bearing u for the set-screw r. Vhen thus adjusted, the clamping-screw r is tightened against the rod 0, and then the lever J if reciprocated between the fixed stop and the block M will move the cheese so that the knife will cutoff a fixed value for each reciprocation. In this case, as is usual in such constructions, I prefer to have each reciprocation of the lever move the cheese so that the knife will cut o five cents worth. If the purchaser wished fifteen cents worth, the lever J would be reciprocated three times, &c. This second lever is useful also in case a customer comes in and says he wants, say, twenty-five cents worth of cheese, and in that case the operator reciprocates the lever J five times between the two stops, and the proper value of cheese will be cut off by the knife and delivered to the customer.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combinationof a base, a rotary cheeseplate journaled thereon, two independent levers for actuating the cheese-plate and clutches on each lever acting to grasp the plate to move itforward, and to both dog its backward movement.

2. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a base, a stationary cross-bar having a slot therein, an operating-lever, a cheese-plate which the operating-lever is adapted to move, means for adjusting the fulcrum and the operating-lever, a clutch having a fixed relation to the cheese-plate, and a slid-ing .connection between the level' vand clutch.

3. In a cheese-cutter the combination of .a base, a rotary cheese-plate thereon, an voperating-lever, a pawl-boX having a fixed radi-al relation to the cheese-plate and adapted to be reciprocated by the lever, a -slidingfconnection between the pawl-box and the lever, yand means for simultaneously adjusting the fulcrum of the lever and the lever.

4. Ina cheese-cutter, the combination of a base, a rotary cheese-plate journaled thereon, having a notched ring, Ia pawl-boX supported on the notched ring, an actuating-lever, having a-slot engaging a bearing on said paw-lb'oX, and means for adjusting the lever and its fulcrum in relation to said pawl-boX, substantially described.

5. The combination ycfa hase,.a rotar7 cheeseplate journaled thereon 'and two independent levers for actuatingjthe cheese-plate, each iever having a series 1of spring-pawls and a notched ring on the rcheese-plate with which the pawls of both levers engage, the pawls 1of one lever acting as back-stops while the other lever is acting to move the plate.

6. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of a base, a rota-ry cheese-plate thereon, the frame F/ supporting the cheese-plate, the flan-ge lG on the frame having a notched margin, a pawlboxsupported `to slide on said iiange, the-pawls IIO in the box, and a lever for reciprocating the pawl-box. t

7. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of a base, a rotary cheese-plate thereon, a notched 5 ange on said cheese-plate, the pawl-box having a sliding engagement therewith, the pawls thereon, a movable squared block on the pawlbox, a lever for operating the p awl-box havto engage.

In testimony whereof I aix m presence ot two witnesses.

Witnesses:

H. C. SMITH, JAS. P. BARRY.

ing a slot in which the squared block is adapted y signature in CHARLES G. STRUBLER. 

